Snap.



No. salmo, 1 Patented 1an. 2|, |902.

H. A. wane.

SNAP.

(Applicatio'med Apr. 2v', 1901.)

(No Model.)

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, ment therefor, theobj ect of the invention bethe snap.

Ameans operated by the spring operating the 3 and 4, and an eye, as 5, is formed on the op- UNITED STATES f PATENT OFFICE.

rnRAM A. wRoE, or AUSTIN, TEXAS.

SNAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 691,690, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed April 27, 1901.

110 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatAI, HIRAM A. WROE, a citizen of the United States, Aresiding at Austin,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snaps; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in snaps, and more particularly to a grip attaching the provision of a snap of any preferred construction, provided with means carried by the eye thereof for gripping a strap passed therethrough, and thereby retaining the said snap at any given position longitudinally of With this object in view my invention consists of a snap provided with an eye and means carried thereby for grippinga strap passed therethrough and means for controlling the said gripping means.

It also consists of a snap provided with a hookand an eye, a spring-pressed bolt closing said hook, and a clamping or gripping said bolt, whereby said snap may be retained at any given position in the length of a strap.

It also has certain other objects in View and comprises certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a snap embodying the features of my invention; and Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, parts of the device being shown in side elevation.

My invention contemplates the use of any preferred form of snap provided with a .suitable hook, as 1, at one end of a barrel 2, which barrel is provided with longitudinal slots, as

posite end to hook 1 of said barrel 2. Abolt, as 6, is adapted to move within the hook end of barrel 2 for closing' said hook, the said bolt entirely filling the bore of said barrel. A lug,

as 7,extends upwardly from said bolt 6 through sain No. 57,732. No model.)

slot 4 and is provided with any suitable gripping means, as 8, whereby said bolt may be /moved longitudinally Within barrel 2. lThe' opposite end of barrel 2 is adapted to receive a bolt, as 9, preferably of'less diameter than the'bore ofksaid barrel. Wardlyextending lug, as 10, passing through .slot 3, and operating therein and provided with gripping means, as l1, for operating said bolt 9. It will be seen that the bore of the barrel 2 at the eye end of the snap is closed to some extent,as at l2,whereby bolt 9 is adapted to entirely fill the open end of said bolt. A suitable spring, as 13, is preferably interposed between the inner ends of bolts 6 and 9, whereby the said bolts are normally held in an outwardly-extending position. Thesaid spring preferably presses directly against the inner end of bolt 6 and surrounds the inner end of bolt 9, pressing against lug 10 carried thereby; but any preferred arrangement and form ofspring maybe employed. The outer free end of bolt 9 is provided with a trans- Bolt 9. carries an uplongitudinally of the eye 5 and is bifurcated at its ends, as at 15 l5, which bifurcated ends fit about the end pieces of the said eye, said end pieces thereby forming guideways for the said ends 15 15. The outer face of strip '14 is preferably flat and corrugated or roughened or may be made smooth and of any desired contour.

In operation strip 14 is moved by grip 11 for permitting a strap to be passed through eye 5, and when the snap has been placed at the position desired longitudinally of the strap the said grip 1l is freed and the strip 14 grips the said strap and by the pressure of spring 13 iirmly holds the snap in position until released by operation of the said grip 11'.

It will be seen that I have provided a sim- Within the spirit and scope of my present in-v vention.

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Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. .A snap comprising in its construction a barrel, a hook carried thereby, means for closing said hook, an entirely inclosed eye formed upon said barrel, and a member slidable Within said eye and adapted to clamp a strap between said member and one of the Walls of the eye, substantially as described.

2. In a snap the combination with a barrel carrying an eye at one end, of means for clamping a strap passed through said eye, comprising a spring-pressed bolt within said barrel and a transverse strip carried by the outer end of said bolt, substantially as described.

3. In a snap, the combination with a barrel carrying an eye at one end, of means for clamping a strap passed through said eye, comprising a bolt longitudinally slidable within said barrel and a transverse strip carried by the outer end of said bolt, the ends of said strip being bifurcated and adapted to fit about the end pieces of the said eye, the said eye end pieces thereby forming guideways for the bifurcated ends of the said transverse strip, substantially as described.

4. In a snap, the combination with a barrel carrying an eye at one end, of means for clamping a strap passed through said eye, comprising a spring-pressed bolt longitudinally slidable Within said barrel, means for operating said bolt, and a transverse strip carried by the outer end of said bolt and provided with a roughened surface adapted to engage and clamp a strap passed through said eye, substantially as described.

5. A snap, comprising a barrel having its Walls slotted, a hook formed at one end of said barrel, a bolt adapted to close said hook moving within said barrel, means passed through a slot in the walls kot said barrel for operating said bolt, an eye formed at the opposite end of said barrel, a bolt operating in the eye end of said barrel, means for operating said last-mentioned bolt passed through a slot in the walls of said barrel, means on the outer end of said last-mentioned bolt for gripping an article passed through said eye, and a spring interposed between said bolts for normally holding the same in extended positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HIRAM A, WROE.

VV'itnesses:

A. H. KOENNECKE, C. W. PFLUGER. 

